Tag: Term limit petition

Citizens for Continuing Progress, the petition committee formed this summer to try to extend mayoral term limits in West Palm Beach, will not obtain enough signatures to help Mayor Lois Frankel stay in office.

The PAC’s treasurer, Peter Camacho, said the committee has about 3,000 verified signatures – that’s about half of the signatures it needed.

The angry comments directed at Mayor Frankel at Monday’s commission meeting not only pissed off Frankel to a point where she’s more adamant than ever about a third term, but it also might have spurred a new wave of petition volunteers.

Petition drive chairperson Katherine Waldron said Friday that after the petition effort slowed down last week as people waited on the results of the commission meeting, the drive is …

The “Keep Term Limits in West Palm Beach” PAC is becoming more organized, creating a web site to spread its message of stopping Mayor Frankel from pursing a third term in office.

The web site was started by Philip Blumel, a term-limit advocate who is rallying the community to show up at the Aug. 9 commission meeting to convince commissioners not to place a term limit referendum on …

CREEM (The Committee to Reelect the Mayor) will have organized, competing voices this fall.

West Palm Beach residents Richard Shepherd and Jon Fogt formed a Political Action Committee on Wednesday that will raise money between now and November to educate voters on why they believe term limits must be preserved.

Add mayoral candidate Jeri Muoio’s name to a list of commissioners willing to place a referendum on the November ballot to give Mayor Frankel an opportunity at a third term.

Although the petition to place a referendum on the ballot is failing, the sudden threat of a costly special election (should the petition obtain enough signatures after the Aug. 6 deadline to get it on the November ballot, but before …

In case you missed today’s story, the commission will consider bypassing the petition drive and voting to place a referendum on the November ballot that would extend mayoral term limits. The petition drive is running out of time, and all the commission needs is a 3-2 majority vote to place a question on the ballot.

One of the arguments in favor of bypassing the petition drive is that it …

I’ve heard numerous complaints in the last few days that petition workers are seeking signatures at City Center, potentially putting city employees in an awkward position.

Mid-level city employee John Q might not want mayoral term limits to be extended. The fear, critics argue, is that he might feel forced to sign the petition, believing higher-up city employees sympathetic to the petition drive are watching.

Members of the petition committee to extend mayoral term limits in West Palm insist that the drive is not about Mayor Frankel, (and was not instigated by Frankel).

Here’s a voice mail from Stu Joseph, a long-time Frankel campaign worker who is signing up volunteers for the petition drive. Joseph says, “Hi, my name is Stu, and Lois Frankel is having a petition drive. We’d love to have people sign …

Katherine Waldron, chair of Citizens for Continuing Progress that is seeking 5,800 signatures a month to get a referendum on the November ballot that would extend mayoral term limits, is optimistic after the petition drive’s opening weekend.

“We’re going door-to-door, and a lot of people are calling and asking for petitions,” Waldron said. “We’re giving people 10-to-50 petitions depending on what they think can they can do. We’re canvassing neighborhoods, …